Afghanistan: water cannon, 8 arrest to disperse protest
Event- Country
- Afghanistan
- Initial Date
- Dec 23, 2022
- Event Description
6 women among 8 protesters arrested by Taliban members in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province.
The Taliban have suppressed a march initiated by female students in Taloqan city, sources in Takhar confirmed.
Sources detailed the Taliban arrested two male protesters yesterday and six female protesters today.
Most of the protestors are students of local-based education centers and private universities who had gathered in Yunus Abad and Maarif Alley.
According to sources, the Taliban dispersed the protesters and did not allow local journalists to cover the march.
Meanwhile, female protesters in Herat were also violently dispersed by the Taliban. The Taliban used water cannons to disperse the protesters.
- Impact of Event
- 8
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Violence (physical)
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Right to liberty and security
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Community-based HRD
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-Non-State
- Non-state
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 36.737674745171816
Longitude: 69.53112181295012
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 23 and 24 December 2022, 8 WHRDs and community-based defenders were arrested by the Taliban, who violently dispersed a protest against the university ban on female students by using water cannons in Taloqan City, Afghanistan.